A roundup of love songs themed around homosexuality and LGBTQ+
Gender doesn’t matter when it comes to your feelings for someone you love!Have you ever listened to songs about same-sex love or music themed around LGBTQ+?In this article, we’ll be introducing a wide range of tracks that capture the emotions of same-sex love, as well as works related to LGBTQ+.When you find lyrics you can truly relate to, your heart is sure to soar!Whenever you want to be honest with your feelings or share your love with that special someone, let music give you strength!
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A Compilation of LGBTQ+ and Same-Sex Love Songs (1–10)
RevivalSukima Suichi
Ossan’s Love is a drama that comically yet earnestly portrays romance between men and became a social phenomenon in 2018.
Its theme song is “Revival” by Sukima Switch.
The lyrics open with scenes that evoke the lingering traces of summer—like the strong sunlight at the end of September and towering cumulus clouds—and depict memories of someone once spent time with gradually coming back to life.
The way long-forgotten feelings begin to stir again naturally overlaps with the drama’s wavering love stories.
Recommended for moments when you want to quietly reflect on your own emotions.
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This song brings the bittersweet ache of unrequited love right to your chest.
Released in November 2021, it was written as the opening theme for the BL drama “My Beautiful Man.” Crafted to match the drama’s worldview—which portrays the relationship between a high school student with a stutter and someone at the top of the school’s social hierarchy—the lyrics capture a clumsy, heartfelt love from the protagonist’s perspective.
Even while knowing he isn’t worthy of the other person, he can’t help but follow him with his eyes.
The emotions swaying between low self-esteem and feelings that can’t be contained are expressed through the imagery of a sweet yet slightly bitter taste.
Follow your arrowsSSGIRLS (uta: Sasakura Kana)
A song that captures the stirrings of love that begin the moment you fall at first sight, set to a straightforward guitar rock sound.
It serves as the opening theme for the TV anime Whisper Me a Love Song, with lyrics by Seiko Fujibayashi and composition/arrangement by Katsuhiko Kurosu—an impressive duo.
Released in April 2024 as a double A-side single.
The track expresses, through a driving band sound, the emotional shift from a static daily life to one colored by feelings for someone special.
The lyrics convey the courage to be honest with your feelings and take a step forward without fearing hurt, offering encouragement to the listener.
It’s sure to resonate with anyone who wishes to share their feelings for someone they love without hiding them.
A roundup of love songs themed around homosexuality and LGBTQ+ (11–20)
It got found out that I like you.Kasamura Tōta
Released by Tota Kasamura in July 2020, this song is a poignant ballad about a protagonist who, once their feelings are discovered, chooses to “go far away.” Without using direct words of love, it delicately portrays a self-sacrificing affection—one that even fears leaving a trace of oneself in the other person’s memory.
The structure is striking too, with a calm piano-centered arrangement that swells emotionally toward the end.
It’s a track I especially recommend to anyone who has ever stepped back for the sake of someone they cared about.
About the two of uskarin
Singer-songwriter Karin, who gained attention from her piano-and-vocal videos on TikTok.
Released in March 2023, this song portrays lovers facing a farewell at a quiet bus stop.
Though they speak different languages and grew up in different environments, they spent their days laughing at the same things and crying over the same things.
In lyrics that gently trace the overlapping of their hearts, a form of love that transcends gender and nationality comes into view.
It’s a song that resonates with the determination to keep believing in each other, even when distance keeps them apart and they can’t meet when they want to.
You will fall in love this summer.≠ME
The idol group ≠ME produced by Rino Sashihara released their major debut single in July 2021.
This work refreshingly portrays the feelings of summer love, and a notable feature of the music video is its delicate depiction of romance between girls.
The lyrics express a protagonist who, prompted by a fortune-telling, resolves to take a step toward love.
It’s a piece where the exhilaration and bittersweetness of youth coexist.
When you realize you have feelings for someone of the same sex, this is a song that gently gives you a push forward.
It smelled like shampoo.22/7
A 2nd single by 22/7 that portrays a secret longing for an upperclassman at an all-girls school.
Released in April 2018, the song delicately weaves the feelings of a faint, bittersweet crush.
It tells of parting with a senior who is leaving the club, the image of a white blouse turning translucent in backlight, and a gently drifting scent.
While carrying a love that can’t be told to anyone, the story unfolds up to the moment the senior embraces her, tightening the chest with every scene.
This work leaves the ache of an unfulfilled first love, yet also a lingering sense of solace.
It’s a song that quietly stands by those who cannot confide their feelings for someone of the same gender.